Parsing unlimited xml element nesting with Digester

[Gary Smart]

Hi.

I can't manage to pattern match nested XML where the level of nesting is
unknown (I'm only assuming that this can be done). Consider the
following -

An XML file used to create menu items in a Swing UI.  <menu> elements
can have an unlimited number of other <menu> elements. So for a menu
structure like Tools|Options|Email, the XML would be similar to: 

<desktop> 
  <menus> 
    <menu>                            <-- Top Level Menu to be installed
on a JMenuBar 
      <name>Tools</name> 
        <menu>                        <-- Sub Menu installed under
"Tools" 
           <name>Options</name> 
               <menu>                 <-- Sub Menu installed under
"Options" 
                   <name>Email</name>
               </menu>
        </menu> 
    <menu> 
  </menus> 
</desktop> 

I tried the pattern "desktop/menus/*/menu" but Digestor logged "No rules
found matching 'desktop/menus/menu'"/. Code is:

        digester.addObjectCreate("desktop/menus/*/menu",
MenuInstaller.class); 
        digester.addCallMethod("desktop/menus/*/menu/name",
"setMenuName", 0); 


I also tried:
   desktop/menus/menu    (This only captures the first menu (Tools), as
I expected) 

  desktop/menus/*menu 
  */menu   (getting dsperate!) 
  *menu    (getting desperate!) 


Can this actually be done? Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks, 
Gary. 


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